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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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